For the past three years, Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) held a two week LEGO Robotics Camp for the children in the Duluth area. Team 4009’s LEGO Camp is a great opportunity to help educate young students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). DNA held the LEGO Camp again this year. Our FIRST (For Inspiration…
Davious is DNA’s 2022 robot, named after our Mentor Dave. Dave originally mentored for his son, but has continued to be a valued mentor even after his son graduated. Dave has spent hours with the students helping them build the best bot they can, but still claims he has learned more from the students than…
Hey! As we’re getting ready to head to the Central Illinois Regional in Peoria, we’d like to thank our sponsors for their support and everyone who signed up on our SignUpGenius form to donate food for the trip! A webstream of the Central Illinois Regional is available at the Illinois FIRST website, here. Check it out during…
During the first day of qualification rounds, our team competed in 6 matches. We went 5-1 which puts us in 7th place out of 54 teams. Our climber has been consistent and we can now place a gear on the side peg during the autonomous period. Tomorrow our team has 3 qualification rounds before alliance…
[metaslider id=4250] On August 7, our team participated at the Morgan Park National Night Out. We had an amazing time showing our robots to families as well as Mayor Emily Larson and Police Chief Mike Tusken. The kids there had a great time driving our robot “off-road” and throwing balls around the yard.
On September 14, our team brought two robots to the 148th Fighter Wing Family Day Event. Attendees of the event were able to interact with our robots by catching balls and “feeding” them back to the robot. Some brave kids even worked up the courage to drive the robots! Whether playing with or controlling the…